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Scifi Channel to Make Ringworld Miniseries
Snaller writes "The Sci Fi Channel has listed its programming for the upcomming year, it includes the Farscape miniseries already mentioned by Slashdot, it also includes a miniseries based the legendary scifi story by Larry Niven: Ringworld. In the far future 4 travelers crash on a ring around a sun in a distant system. Shall be interesting to see how they depict the Puppeteers."
Well, do you remember a few years ago? George Lucas made a movie called Episode One. Well they're thinking of using the actor who played Jar-Jar...
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
Not as interesting as rishathra.
Yours Sincerely, Michael.
... the Discovery Channel will be releasing its new parody miniseries: Ringworm
I really had the hots for her in Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles...
As long as they keep the whole sex bit out of the series
Why, what's wrong with alien sex?
Yours Sincerely, Michael.
Cutting off Jar-Jar's head with shadow-square wire works for me.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
His book is obviously an unimaginative rip-off of Halo. ;)
Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...and a Kzinti played by a muppet.
my response: Scream and leap.
"As long as they keep the whole sex bit out of the series"
dont worry. I am gathering that the 'Sci-Fi' channel is american so you wont see anything but precious precious violence.
*rocks back and forth, slowly carressing his sweet sweet gun*
Rishathra -- Furries in space.
"Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised."
-Marilyn Manson
Homer: Urge to kill RISING, RISING...
Heh. "Meesa chosen by Hindmost because meesa clumsy. Also, Meesa bipolar."
You're thinking of "The Integral Trees" - another Niven work. Not "Ringworld".
This was like a show I saw when I was ten years old. There was this family living in a flying saucer. They had two robots: a tall gold one and a short one like a trash can. There was a Doctor, who always said "Dammit Jim" and insulted the robots all the time. They were running from bad silver robots with red eyes who were trying to kill them. Wish I could remember the name of that show.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Halo consisted mostly of shooting aliens on an artificial planet, while Ringworld consisted mostly of having sex with aliens on an artificial planet.
Eh, close enough.
The Louis Wo character is over 200 years old. But you're about Teela Brown's age.
Is there something you're not telling us?
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While Children of Dune was well done, the SciFi Channel version of the original Dune wasn't quite so cinematically adept. Notice the borrowed techniques taken from the Batman TV series: Whenever the bad guys were shown, they were always backlit in red with the camera tilted. When Feyd was fighting the slave, I half expected to see a "KaPow!" balloon show up on the screen..
The Louis Wo character is over 200 years old.
Thanks for solving the speculation of who gets to play Louis. Keanu Reeves will get the part.
Just imagine "Shadow square wire: Wo."
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
The PC police believe that Jar Jar is an offensive caricature of black people (correction African-Americans). Similarly, the trade federation people were caricatures of Asians. And Watto was a Jewish stereotype.
Of course, all of this could be the result of George Lucas being a mere caricature of a good screenwriter.
Wow.... that's creepy.
Probably good inspiration for the 3D modelers who make the model for the series.
Unless of course it's animatronic.... Hehe, a Henson's Puppeteer.... I'm so witty.
I've got more mod points and GMail invi
Well, the whole boring and laying of eggs thing I can do without...
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Do NOT screw a puppeteer.
Yes, the two mouths with prehensile lips suggest all sorts of kinky possibilities, but if you make a "home run" you might end up with a hungry puppeteer larva inside of you, and man, you just know that that's not going to be a fun pregnancy.
Stefan
No, but in keeping with the traditions started by other Skiffy channel productions they will be replacing Speaker to Animals with a sexy female robot.
Nessus will be replaced by a sexy female alien. You will be able to tell she is an alien because she has a ridge on her forehead and very large breasts.
In an interesting plot twist, Louis Wu will be replaced by a cigar smoking, sexy female explorer.
The character of Teela Brown will be cut from this version entirely. Lucky her.
The Lying Bastard will be replaced with a large blue Police Box. None of the characters will comment on this, and hopefully nobody watching will notice.
Aside from that they will be completely faithful to the original.